Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for March 31, 2023

Than is a good point.

Even the venomous ones aren’t going to waste venom on something too big to eat unless they feel threatened. And bigger ones like that are almost all constrictors rather than venomous.

Nope!

Rodney’s gotta point.

If seven out of 100 Oreo cookies were poisonous, I’d eat the other 93.

Are you planning to eat the snake?

With those kind of odds, better postpone that trip to Vegas.

If no Oreos were poisonous I still wouldn’t eat one – they’re vile.

Zoology does not seem to be Rodney’s strong point.

I would offer them as treats. So beware if your offered Oreos. Yip yip yip yip yip

I’m happy when 7 out of 100 people know the difference between venomous and poisonous…

And this is the leader of Id’s army?

And then there’s the Tylenol poisonings of the 1980’s.

Hand out the Oreos. When seven people get sick, you can eat the rest.

Never tell me the odds!

In Australia, snakes are probably 93% poisonous. Any Aussies out there with statistics?

IF you knew WHICH ONES WERE POISONOUS. Statistics say, you have a good chance of eating a poisonous one, if you do not already know which are and which are not.

Though I usually steer clear of all reptiles, snakes especially, I’d recommend distancing yourselves from this one as his eyes are too close together.

How can Oreos ever be bad for you? They’re vegan!

In college we celebrated the end of midterms with a round of ice cream parfaits. One guy saw a fly pressed against the glass down near the bottom and was totally cool. He ate down to where the fly was then took it back for a refund. We sure knew how to raise heck back then.

I am just pleased to see the correct usage of venomous and poisonous.It is the little things

I wouldn’t eat them anyway. I don’t like Oreos.

Good point, Rodney.

Only if it wasn’t triangular shaped!

Do I see an Ice Bucket type challenge developing?

Depends, Rodney. How much poison are we talking about?

Venomous snakes have diamond shaped heads – - -

Oreos all look alike. Snakes don’t. As mentioned, they have different shaped heads. Also, colors, I think, can be similar but not exactly the same. For myself, I just back off and take another route. I prefer not to guess if the snake is more scared of me or not. Where I live we have almost no venomous snakes, and places I have hiked I ran into a few things I chose not to assume one way or the other. They had the right of way in my mind.

Would that be with or without milk?

Whats the percentage for “Double Stuffed” ?

I shouldn’t have?

Good point, but why Oreo cookies? Why not just cookies?

To deter theft, the farmer put a sign up: “One of these water melons has been injected with poison”. Over night someone crossed out the “one” and wrote “two” above it.

I have to agree with him. I hate snakes.

Odds jump to 1 in 3 in Australia! Most bites occur when the snake feels threatened so leave them alone they will leave you alone. The second most common venomous snake around here is the Red Bellied Black Snake, very beatiful to look at by the way, so @cmerb please forgive me for not taking your advice!

Eating 93 Oreo cookies could likely be fatal…